SEGA Launches Blockchain Card Game on L2 Oasys Network

A SEGA-licensed digital trading card game, which is developed and operated by Japanese blockchain game developer double jump.tokyo, is expected to be released on the Oasys HOME vers L2 network.

According to the September 27 announcement, the theme of the Web3 trading card game is taken from the mythology of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. It uses the intellectual property of the SANGOKUSHI TAISEN series, which was originally published by Tokyo-headquartered SEGA back in 2005. The strategy arcade game was extremely popular in Asia at the time.

We are happy to officially announce @oasys_games was chosen for the first blockchain game by @SEGA !!🔥
The game will be developed and operated by @doublejump_enexpected to be released on @homeverse_games !

For details, check out our Medium👇 pic.twitter.com/BbzlTplsmQ

— Oasys🏝Blockchain for games (@oasys_games) 27 September 2022

Big Gaming Devs Eyeing Blockchain

Oasys is a game-optimized proof-of-stake network that offers a high-speed zero-gas experience to players by combining public layer-1 and private layer-2 blockchain technology solutions.

Oasys CEO Daiki Moriyama said the ambition is to lead the mass adoption of blockchain gaming. Hironobu Ueno, CEO of double jump.tokyo, added, “we are honored to be a pioneering partner in building a new generation of games with SEGA on the blockchain.”

Oasys supports a number of major game developers and publishers, such as Square Enix, Bandai Namco and Ubisoft, as its first validators.

SEGA’s most iconic title is Sonic the Hedgehog, while Bandai Namco has developed gaming legends including Pac-Man and Tekken, Square Enix is ​​behind the Final Fantasy series, and Ubisoft has developed iconic titles such as Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry.

Speaking at the Tokyo Games Show earlier this month, Oasys representative Ryo Matsubara said that leading game companies are looking to develop new blockchain games rather than porting existing titles.

Blockchain and NFT Gaming Expansion

As reported by The crypto potato earlier this month, Epic Games launched Blanko’s Block Party, making it the first blockchain and NFT game on the firm’s marketplace. The American video game development company behind the wildly popular Fortnite franchise raised $2 billion in April to pursue its Metaverse ambitions.

In recent gaming news, leading blockchain gaming company Splinterlands sold out its new Tower Defense pack series on launch day last week, highlighting the demand for Web3 gaming assets.

Blockchain games and the play-to-earn (P2E) model exploded in popularity, especially in Asia, during the prolonged pandemic-induced shutdowns of 2020 and 2021.